Window structure.



D. MURNANE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.3.1911.

NDOW STRUCTURE.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911,

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; To all 'whom it may concern:

UNITED sTATEs PATENT" oEEroE. i

COMPANY, F LOUIS; IBLIIISSOUIRI, A CORPORATION 0F MISSOURI.

7 WINDOW STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, i911.`

Applicaticnled April 3', 1911. Serial No. 618,571?.

Be it knownthat I, DANIEL J. MURNANE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Window Structures; of which the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to' which it-appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to store-frontsand show-window structures that comprise an inside glass-clamping member arranged in engagement with the inner face of the glass.

One object of my present invention is to provide a structure of the character referred to in which the means 4that retains the. inside glass-clampingmember inl yposition is of novel construction and is completely hidden from view. 7

Another object isto provide a structure of the character referred to in which the inside vglass-clamping member is not marred by screws or bolts such as are generally used for retaining the insidejglass-clamping 245m member in position.

Another object is to providel aninside I glass-clamping member and a supporting means Vfor same, which areso designed that the inside glass-clamping member -can be manufactured at a lowcost and also set up inside glass-clamping member and gutter,

and a supportingmeansfor same consisting f water can drain out of said member. And still another object is to provide an inside glass-cl amping member having flanges which y i- I'rterlock with a supporting device arrangedunder said member'that is adapted to be ,per-

manently connected to the stationary frame in which the glassv is arranged.

Vinvention will be hereinafter pointed out. Figure 1 of thel drawings vis a horizontal Other objects and desirable features of sectional View of awindow structure vpro-A videdwith improved inside glass-clamping member, said member being shown in and a portion of said member away so 'as' toillus trate ..the

said member f. 'the .dYiQe Michi-suenen? is affront elevf'ttionalview, *the outside glass-clamping member and the glass being broken awayso as to more clearly illustrate the construction of the devices which su port vthe inside glass-- clamping member; F1g.l'3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line l of Fig. 2; Fig. L is a vertical crossfsectional view taken on the lined- 4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the supporting vdevices for the inside glass-A clamping member.

Referring to the. drawings which'- illustrate thepreferred Aform of my invention, A designates the lower sill lor cross-piece'of'a stationary glass-supporting frame, B desig- 1 nates a plate of glass arranged insaid frame, and C designates an outside Aglass-clamping member which maybe of any preferred construction and retained in position in any suitable manner.

The inside clamping member D,` arranged 1nv engagement with the inner face of the glass, is preferably formed'from slieetfI metal, and is provided on its front andfrear edges with depending legs Land 2 which have horizontallydisposed vflanges 3 ith-at project inwardly toward' each otherg" as shownA clearly in Fig. 4. I also prefer to provide said member D with a longitudinally disposed groove or channel 4 of anyl -preferred shape in cross-section that acts as a vgutter.- The means. that I prefer to use DAEIEL J. MUENANE, or sr. Leurs, MISSOURI, AssIGNoE To zoUnr MANUEACTUBQIGQ- for 'supporting the insidefglass-clamping member D and retaining it in position con- -sists of a continuous member or a plurality of separate members E arranged under inside;,"lglassfclamping member andinterflockedglwith the `ianges -3 4thereomsaid mem-.9

bersv Ef'being securely connected to thestationary glass-supporting-'frame A, as shown in Fig.' 3. The; members Ermay be formed .in various ways; each ofthe members herein shown having a horizontally disposed headigf" 5 that fits snugly between the dependinglegs 1 and 2 on the .glass-elampingmember Dra vertically disposed wall or portion' 6 having openings ,7 for receiving fastening devices 8 -that securev said member y.iLitothe stationary :glass-:supporting fra-me A,- adja groove 9 onthe rear side of the'wall .S-for;` receiving the flange. 3 on the depending leg 1 of the inside glass-clampingmmber. Gussets '10 are` preferably arranged at'ithe endsof the? j member so as'fto reinforce and rsstrengtlrel rY the horizontally'disposed headv 5 which 'pro-y jectsY forwardly from' the 4vertical wall .6 of said member, anda recess or depressed portin 11 is formed -in'th'e top face voi said head, as shown in Figs. 2 and' 5, so as to 'prov vide a passageway between the insidev clamping member D and the device E which supports same. The inside clamping member D 'is provided with openings 12 which aline with the depressed portions 1l inthe heads v of themembers E, and notches 13 are formed in the front edges of saiddepressed'por'- in Fig. 45, so 'as topermit air through the openings- 12 in or water to escapethrough with Ventilating and drain openings 14 which communicate with thel 12in'the inside clamping member lD andthe -depressed portions orrecesses 11 in the heads of the members E, I have formed a notch 15 with thel recess or depressed 25.

inthe rear edge of, the'head- 5 in alinement portion l11 so that the' depending leg 'lyon thel inside f clamping memberl D ,.can be bent4 inwardly den from view.

cause the inside'clamping member can be, made from light gage sheet metal owing the fact thatthe heads 5 ofthe members E iit snugly insideofthe .inside li1 1tothe .noteh 15 after lthe assembled', 'and thus lockthe lthe inside glass-clamping member together.

v.The members E herein shown are 5' formed' from castmetal but itw'ill'fof course, beob-v throughf the inside glassfclamping member, y andthe?means which supports said member position is completely vh id- Y parts have .been members'E and v ious that pressed'or forged-members of .suitable shape couldbe usedforsupporting. f the inside `glass-clamping member D and that said' supporting membersl -could` 'bef formed in ,various w ys withoutv departing from the1 spirit of my invention. y

'A structure of the lcharacter above 'de-l' yscribedpresents a neatand ornamental a'pte pearance because no tasteningdevices pass alfd retains itin Furthermore, such a structure can be manufactured at a low cost bee' glass-clamp-v mg member. and thus reinforce and strengthen same# In setting 'up the structure,fthe members E are simply slid endwis'e .'intog'the insideclamping memberD and then.

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movi'ed longitudinally -osaidmember intov proper position, after which thefast ening devices 8. are insertedv so as' to connect the members E to the stationary glass-support ing frame A.' l, v[VVl-lill have herein shownonlylthejnv'side glass-clamping memberthaqis arranged adjacent the lower-edge of the glass it will,

of course, be understood that the inside glassclamping` members at ythe sides and at the upper edge ofthef'glasjs are constructed infsilplar manner."

clamping member, a supporting device for said member secured to the st'ationary'frame Y of the window, and flanges onsaid member which vengagesaid device and retainsaid member in position. l

2.' In a window structure, an inside glass-N' 4clamping member arranged at the lower., edge of the glass, asupporting member ar ranged. under said l glass-clamping member .and l'secured to Athe frame of the ,window', and a flange on one of said members that engages the other member and.. thus retains vsaid glass-clampingmemberin position. l atmosphere. v To insure proper alinement of the openings' 3.111 a Window structure, a combined provided lon its under side with flanges, and a device on theframe 'ofthe wlndow arranged under said: member and infengagee Having vthns described myinvention, what an insidefglassf 4ment with said flanges vforsuppo'rting'said 'member and retainingit in position.

. 4: 'In a window structure, an inside glass?V clamping member provided von its vI lnder' "side with iianges, 'and a plurality of. sup-v p'orting vdevicesconnected tothe frame in 'which thegla'ss is arrangedand having porV ti-ons whichl lap over said fianges so'as to retain said member in position. j

5... Inv anvindow structure, disposed inside glass-clamping member arrangedatthe "lfower edge of the glass and providedl on vits under sidewith flanges, and supporting members connected to the sta-` la horizontally tlonary glass-supporting iframev and provided with heads orportions which engage saiduilanges so as to retain said inside clamp-' terand 1 inside: glass-clampmg member providedgon its under side with a flange, .and devices arrangedA in sliding engagement with said flange' and adapted to be con-. nected to the ystationary glasssupporting v on its longitnf 6; In a'window structure, acombi ned gut# an inside glass vsaid legs'and lapv over theflanges thereon,

. said devices' 'being adaptedto be Asee'uredfto a v'stationary support so as tosupport iand` hold. said memberin position. Y

' 8. Inl a vvwindow structure,7a.substantially hollow inside glass-clamping member y' formed from sheetimetal, a retaining deviceprovided with a headtor inside of said member and lthusreinforces and strengthens same,` and. a

'stationary glass-supporting-.frame to which for said member portion that lies said-'retaining'evice:is connected.l

supporting frane,

. tion. V 1 A 10. In a window structure, a substantially hollow inside glass-clampingv member formedfrom sheet metal, a retaining device having a headthat lies linside of said mem-y berand a wall that is adapted to be connected to a supporting structure, and a'recess or notch in said retannngdevice which permits said clamping member to be bent toward said device so'as to connect saidelements together. v 11. In a window structure, an inside glassclamping member provided on its under side with anges, a device having a head which supports said member and projects over the thus *formsv a passagewa l flanges thereon, said clamping member being provided with an opening, and a recess im' depressed portion on porting device which alines with said open- 12. In a window structure, an inside glassolamping member provided with a gutter 1n which an'opening 1s formed, flanges on-the under side of said member,'a supporting de-A vice connected to the stationary glass-supporting frame which laps over the anges on said clamping member, and 'a depressed portion or recess -in the top face of said head `that alines with ing member and or Water or air. In yaestirnony whereo I hereunto aix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses, this thirty rst day of March 1911.

' v f DANIEL J. MURNANE. Witnesses: WELLS L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL the opening. in said clam and provided 'with' a headl the head of'said sup-` f 

